A good way to measure pitcher popularity is to see how big of a ticket bump (or resale bump) you see when the ace of the team is scheduled to pitch. Thankfully, there’s a chart for this!
These are the MLB most popular pitchers, according to dollars and math
Not the 70s scientist/attorney buddy-cop show “Dollars and Math.” The other things.
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Which MLB starting pitchers drive ticket sales the most? http://t.co/SDbbgAqooF pic.twitter.com/emcF9Y1mbi
— WSJ Sports (@WSJSports) July 29, 2014 The most shocking revelation? That Mariners ticket sales don’t go up by at least 400 percent when King Felix is pitching. Gotta think the Samardzija boost is more “Cubs” than “Athletics” also. And while you might think Kershaw is a little low, people really do go to games at the 50,000-seat Dodger Stadium all the time. They just show up in the third and leave in the seventh.
Anyone on this list surprising? Anyone you expected to see that didn’t make the list?
